Saturday, June 20, 2015

This is the text of the message from Julian Assange's mother Christine, which was read out in her absence (due to flu) at the Sydney #3years2long rally yesterday:

Welcome!...and
many thanks to supporters old and new for being here today, to stand
up for justice for Australian journalist Julian Assange, and his work
as Editor in Chief of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.

Although
uncharged with any crime, anywhere in the world, at the request of
the US , the UK Govt has detained Julian for nearly 5 years now,
under constant 24 hour surveillance and house arrest.

Today
marks 3 yrs of his refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
Ecuador granted Julian political asylum due to threats on his life
and liberty by the US Govt and its agencies.

Again,
bowing to US pressure, the UK Govt breached international law with a
3 year ongoing 24 hr police siege of the Ecuadorean Embassy,
preventing Julian leaving to take up lawful residency in Ecuador. This
misuse and waste of police time and money has cost the UK taxpayer
upwards of £10 mill
and climbing.

London's
Lord Mayor has expressed concern that these resources would be better
spent on real policing. Perhaps
this money and police resources could be directed into a thorough
investigation of the longstanding serious allegations of unsavoury
criminal activity among a certain group of politicians in the UK
parliament!

For
the past 5 years Julian has been denied legal rights and justice. For
the past 3 years the UK Govt has denied him even the basic human
rights given to prisoners..the right to have a minimum of 1 hour a
day of exercise, fresh air and sunshine.

Why
is this happening to an uncharged multi-award winning investigative
journalist? Could
it have something to do with Wikileaks busily exposing corruption in
high places?

Blockading
Julian in the embassy for the past 3 years has ironically backfired
on the US. With
more time on his hands Julian and Wikileaks have been even more
prolific, transitioning from being perceived as a maverick outsider
to a globally respected and trusted media organisation.

With
a new state of the art submission system and sophisticated archival
and search facilities, Wikileaks is leading a transformation in
journalism, and is now a valued resource for investigative
journalists globally. Thanks
to whistleblowers and Wikileaks the world has recently been informed
about the details of the biggest so called Free Trade Agreement in
history, the TPP and her ugly sisters TISA and the TTIP.

These
3 treaties were to be kept secret from the public until 5 years after
being signed. This
Trojan Horse of ruthless US corporations would turn our Parliaments
into brothels and our politicians into mere pimps of Wall St...A
corporate caliphate straddling the world like a giant octopus with
its tentacles reaching into and controlling every aspect of our
lives..undermining our environment, businesses, farms, health
services, civil rights, democracy and sovereignty.

Julian
and the Wikileaks team have reached out to protect
whistleblowers and journalists world wide. After
helping Edward Snowden to safety, in 2013 they set up The Courage
Foundation. The board of directors also includes lawyers, journalists
and whistleblowers from the CIA, FBI and MI5. The Courage Foundation
gives whistleblowers and journalists the skills and resources to
protect themselves from political persecution, and runs the Legal
Defence Fund for Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers.

Since
being trapped in the Embassy by the UK Govt, Julian has found the
time to write and co-author 3 highly informative books and
produce 2 powerful films on power and corruption...all of which were
well received. His
book "When Google Met Wikileaks" is a constant reference
for those interested in the Surveillance State.

Last
year the European Parliament invited Julian to address them on
corruption based on the Wikileaks Cablegate documents.

Wikileaks
has been successful in its legal actions against the 3 big
corporations, Pay Pal, MasterCard and Visa, who were involved in the
illegal Banking Blockade against Wikileaks donations.

Shining
a light on the absurdity of Julians extradition case was instrumental
in getting the European Arrest Warrant legislation changed in the UK,
so that UK citizens can no longer be extradited without charge.

We
need a brave new media for our Brave New World of Globalisation and
Mass Surveillance. The
world needs whistleblowers and journalists who will give us the
truth, so we have the correct information to solve our problems, and
protect ourselves from the abuses of power.

Julian
once described Wikileaks as "The Intelligence Agency of the
People"

It
is a fitting description!

The
truth..from the people.

For
the people.

Funded
and defended

By
the people.

Julian
and the Wikileaks team have shown extraordinary courage under fire.

The
UK Govt has shown extraordinary cowardice!

Julians
fight for justice and freedom is everyones fight for justice and
freedom.

His
future is our future and our children's future.

Despite
everything, Wikileaks and Julian are still standing, and we are all
still standing with them.

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